Honkai Star Rail: But I can touch Castorice

Castorice didn't even think twice about wanting to stay in the Underworld with Derick.

Hearing her say this, Derick was completely dumbfounded.

Damn it, I didn't consider that Butterfly would actually bring this up. Hearing I'm staying in the Underworld, she wants to follow without a second thought.

Am I supposed to bring my avatar over right in front of Butterfly?

It wasn't that Derick didn't trust Castorice, but the situation in Amphoreus and the power of the Path of Remembrance... If Castorice found out about the avatar, would his own situation be exposed?

This was a very dangerous matter.

Polyxia, listening on the side, wanted to speak up and stop Castorice, but by the time the words reached her lips, she found she had absolutely no reason to stop her sister.

The three of them just looked at each other: Castorice with a determined expression, Derick looking troubled and flustered, and Polyxia hesitant to speak.

"Um... shouldn't you settle Polyxia first?" Derick whispered to Castorice.

Your sister has never lived in Okhema. As her older sister, shouldn't you help her adjust?

"She's not a child anymore! She can take care of herself." Castorice's tone didn't waver in the slightest.

"Polyxia, you are, aren't you?"

"Ah? This... yes."

Hearing this, Polyxia sounded flustered and quickly nodded.

Castorice smiled with satisfaction, then continued to look around, murmuring to herself about how to build a house in the Underworld next.

"Um... if you stay in the Underworld, won't your body have problems?" Derick tried another reason.

Castorice tilted her head and looked at him.

"I was born from the Underworld itself. How could the environment here possibly harm me?"

Derick: "..."

Finally, after some thought, he said to Castorice, "I have a way to leave here, and I'll also restore the order of life and death in Amphoreus. You two leave here first; I'll be back in a few days."

Polyxia's pupils suddenly constricted beside them, and she looked at Derick with an incredulous expression.

Only one thought was in her mind at that moment:

Brother-in-law, oh, brother-in-law, how could you say something so outrageous? If you say that, how could my sister possibly believe you?

Just as she was thinking this, Castorice gently nodded.

"If you can do it, then I'll go back to the mortal world with Polyxia first."

Polyxia, who was considering how to comfort Castorice, looked completely stunned.

My sister, she just believed him like that? She's lived in the human world for millennia, and she developed such an easily deceived personality.

This is too unscientific.

Castorice then continued, "Of course, just your word isn't enough. I also need you to make an oath."

"Okay, I can swear," Derick nodded.

"If I lie to Butterfly and can't leave the Underworld, then let..." Derick's words were cut off halfway.

"Swear on your own body; I don't believe that." Castorice said seriously to Derick, "If you want me to believe your oath, then if you can't leave the Underworld, let Butterfly be eternally damned to the幽冥 (Yōumíng - netherworld/hell)."

"This..." Derick grunted, then said, "If I can't leave the Underworld, then let Butterfly stay in the Underworld forever and never get out."

Hearing Derick make such an oath, a smile appeared on Castorice's face, and she nodded gently.

"This way, I believe the oath you've made to me. Derick, you really do have a way to get out of here."

What!? This works!?

Polyxia listened on the side, her entire brain completely shutting down.

She felt that as the Titan of Death, her understanding of this world was less than one percent. Derick dared to make such an oath, and Castorice actually believed him.

Castorice watched Derick swear on her without hesitation, and her heart was truly happy.

Derick definitely has a way to get himself out. Otherwise, he would never have sworn on me.

Castorice had not the slightest doubt about the extent of Derick's affection for her.

Derick can do these things.

They can all truly leave the Underworld, and the order of the Underworld won't be a problem either.

To have such an ending to this Underworld adventure.

This is truly for the best.

Castorice didn't know how to express how joyful she felt.

Oh, wait, now there is a way to express it.

Castorice looked at Polyxia waiting on the side.

"Polyxia, can you go a little further away first?"

"I understand, I'll go now." Polyxia wheeled her chair and disappeared into the distance.

And when only Derick and Castorice were left, Castorice reached out to touch Derick's cheek...

"Again... do it again..."

Castorice's eyes were downcast as she whispered.

...

After several rounds of passion, Castorice finally let Derick go, called Polyxia back from afar, and prepared to leave with her.

"Derick, then we'll leave first. We'll go back to Okhema to report this matter to Lady Aglaea, and then wait for you," Castorice said to Derick.

At the same time, she still reminded him worriedly.

"Don't you forget the oath you made."

"Mm."

Derick nodded seriously.

Afterward, he used his power and began to take Castorice and Polyxia towards the other side of the River Styx. Feeling Derick's hand grasping her waist, Polyxia felt the temperature of his palm rising, penetrating her skin, making her feel a burning heat.

Seeing they were about to leave the River Styx, Derick threw Castorice and Polyxia out.

"You two go back first, then wait for me in Okhema."

Derick shouted.

"Mm."

Castorice nodded slightly.

He then headed back into the Underworld.

Speaking of which, will I be alone in the Underworld these few days? Can I be a bit freer then?

For example, running around the Underworld without clothes?

Derick thought to himself.

...

Castorice and Polyxia returned to Styxia.

Looking at the surrounding buildings, even though they were all dilapidated ruins now, Polyxia was very excited. She had seen them in a previous cycle; it had been millennia since she had last seen civilized architecture.

Polyxia asked Castorice, "Sister, am I going to find that woman you mentioned named Cipher next?"

"Yes."

Although Castorice wasn't very fond of Cipher, since they were acting together, Castorice still felt she should inform Cipher about what happened here.

Taking two steps forward, her brow furrowed slightly. Evidently, what happened between her and Derick had also taken a toll on her; she would need two days to rest properly.

Polyxia also noticed this and quickly said to Castorice, "Sister, let me take you there."

"How will you take me?"

Castorice looked puzzled.

"Of course, besides my current body, I can also transform back into Pollux." As Polyxia said this, a purple aura fluctuated around her. Her human form disappeared, and a Pollux even larger than the one from the battle appeared.

Derick hadn't just restored Polyxia's appearance; he had also restored her Pollux form. This also maintained Polyxia's combat strength. The current Polyxia could transform into a human or a dragon, and her strength was still considerable.

"Let's go, sister," Polyxia (as Pollux) said to Castorice.

"Mm."

Castorice climbed onto Polyxia's back.

Polyxia flapped her wings and flew towards the urban area of Styxia.

The journey here wasn't far; Polyxia and Castorice quickly reached the city. After arriving in the city, a figure approached them.

"What on earth is going on? Why did Derick already deal with that Pollux, yet it still appears? Never mind, I'll attack first."

Seeing Cipher about to attack, Castorice quickly shouted from Polyxia's back, "Lady Cipher, don't move! She's with us now."

Cipher stopped a second before she was about to attack Polyxia. She looked in surprise at Castorice on the dragon's back and asked with bewilderment, "You're actually back? And what exactly is going on? Where's Derick?"

Ever since Derick appeared, Cassie, the former Butterfly Princess, had never been this polite to her. Now that Castorice was using "Lady" to address her, Cipher actually felt a little uneasy.

Hearing Cipher mention Derick, Castorice's eyes dimmed slightly, and she said softly to Cipher, "Let's go down first."

"Alright."

The three then landed. After landing, Polyxia transformed back into her human form.

"Hm? What's this situation?"

Seeing Polyxia, who looked very similar to Castorice, Cipher's confusion grew even greater.

"She is my younger sister. I'll explain the specific situation after I return to Okhema and report to Lady Aglaea."

"Mm." Cipher nodded after hearing Castorice's explanation, then asked Castorice, "Then what about Derick? Where did he go?"

"Um... Derick stayed in the Underworld to restore its order."

"What did you say!?" Hearing Castorice say this, Cipher instantly bristled. As a demigod of Trickery, she was still very familiar with the Titan of Death, one of the three Titans of Calamity. She was still clear about the consequences of what Castorice said.

"How could you let Derick do such a thing! You actually let that child stay there, how could you..."

Cipher's words trailed off as she suddenly stopped.

"This isn't right," Cipher looked at Castorice.

"If Derick was really in trouble, Butterfly wouldn't be able to stay here. If I were in Butterfly's position, I would choose to stay and accompany Derick. And she definitely loves Derick more than I do."

Castorice currently looked unhurried. Cipher felt that perhaps things weren't as they seemed.

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